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Non-water ballast
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:27 pm
by dlandersson
This is the best forum for asking this.
Which Mac have some non-water ballast. I think the 25 and earlier Macs do.
The S and D I don't know. Not sure about the M either.
Re: Non-water ballast
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:11 am
by NiceAft
The
has a permanent 300 lb (136 kilogram) ballast. Obviously in addition to the 1150 lb (521.6 kilogram) water ballast.
Ray
Re: Non-water ballast
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:53 pm
by vizwhiz
The 25 and earlier do not have ballast, they have a weighted swinging keel (which does the same basic thing). But without the keel, they have no permanent ballast either.
The 26 S & D, and the X, are water ballast only, with an unweighted swing keel or daggerboard.
The M has 300# of permanent ballast, also water ballasted for the rest, and an unweighted daggerboard (as mentioned above).
Re: Non-water ballast
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:48 am
by dlandersson
Thanks
vizwhiz wrote:The 25 and earlier do not have ballast, they have a weighted swinging keel (which does the same basic thing). But without the keel, they have no permanent ballast either.
The 26 S & D, and the X, are water ballast only, with an unweighted swing keel or daggerboard.
The M has 300# of permanent ballast, also water ballasted for the rest, and an unweighted daggerboard (as mentioned above).